Yo, EU, Bush *didn't* win!

[icarus]

I'm so sick of this. The American people did not vote Bush into power. He lost the popular election.

Yes. That means more Americans voted against him than for him.

What the fuck is he doing in the Oval office then?

He nickle-and-dimed the Electoral College and won their votes. It works like this:

California ~ population, one gazillion.
Number of electoral college votes: a handful.

North Dakota ~ population, we're not sure anyone lives there.
Number of electoral college votes: half a handful.

Nebraska ~ population, two elderly ladies.
Number of electoral college votes: half a handful.

Therefore, by courting this outbacks, Georgie-boy managed to nickle-and-dime his way into the White House.

Yes, Bush was voted into power by two elderly ladies in Nebraska (who remember Abraham Lincoln as a fine President) and a lost Canadian who accidentally slipped over the border from Saskatchewan into unpopulated Northern Midwest.

I'm being sarcastic here, but that is in fact how he won. That's how our Electoral College system 'works.'

For when you get sick of the news coverage, bought and paid for: the Onion.

Just one question, how do these US News Anchors keep a straight face when they call the US forces a 'Coalition'? Do they have to practice in the mirror beforehand?

"The Coalition forces.. heeheh ... sorry, I've almost got it..."

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Re: Term limits

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

*cracks up laughing* Fidel Castro? Shite you must really think there isn't candidate that are good enough eh? XD Oh well ^^;